Rail anticreeper



T.'PALMER RAIL ANTICREEPER Filed May 5, 1922 Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHONSO 'I. PALMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAIL ANTICREEPER.

Application filed May 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALri-IoNso T. PALMER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Anticreepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to anti-creeping devices for railway rails, and the like, and has for one of its objects the provision of simple and efficient means for effectively holding railway rails, and the like, from longitudinal movement.

A further object is the provision of a de vice of this character which will not be detached by movement of the rail in frozen ground.

A. still further object is the provision of a device of the character mentioned which can be easily and quickly attached to a railway track.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Embodiments of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, form'- ing a part of this specification, and in which- Fig. 1 is a fragmental section of a railway rail and tie with anti-creeping devices embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a different form of the anti-creeping device;

Fig. 5 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 4:; and

Fig. 6 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

My device is applicable to railway track constructions already in use or may be attached to the railway track when the latter is installed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have indicated in Fig. 1 a fragment of a railway tie 9 of any desired construction. On the tie 9 is indicated the bottom portion of a rail 10 having the usual flanges 11. Disposed under the rail 10 is a resilient member 12. The member 12 may be of stiff spring metal or of any desired material. It is preferable that it have sufficient stiffness and size to afford strength to hold the anti- 1922. Serial No. 558,599.

creeping parts against the rail flanges to prevent movement thereof along the rail. The member 12 has its central portion curved as at 13 in Figs. 2 and 3 so that the curved portion 13 rests against the adjacent side of tie 9 in use. One end. 1 1 of member 12 has a hook adapted to engage one of the flanges 11. At the other end of member 12 is a hook l5 spaced from the adjacent flange 11 and provided with a slight depression 16 and an inclined surface 17 adjacent the depression 16. The locking member 18 has a recess 19 in one edge, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, which is adapted to engage the edge of adjacent flange 11, as clearly indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. member 18 is such that its other edge will rest in depression 16 and place the member 12 under sufficient tension to hold the parts against movement on the rail. The member 18 may be adjusted to position after the member 12 is placed in the position indicated by having the depression 19 placed against the rail flange 11 and then with a hammer, not shown, the member is driven down from the dotted line to the full line position indicated in Fig. 1. The depression 19 preferably has teeth or serrations 20 therein so as to insure that the member 18 will not move on the edge of the flange 11. In Fig. 1 the spring member under the rail 10 is given a slightly different shape. In this form the spring member 21 has the hook ladapted to engage one flange 11, as in Fig. 1. The spring member 21 is curved, as indicated in Fig. 5, so that it has a portion 22 resting against the tie 9 and one end portion 23 bent out away from the tie. The portion 23 has a recess 24; therein in which an end of locking member 25 engages. The locking member 25 preferably has a slot 26 in its end adjacent the flange 11 so that a portion 27 is above the flange and a portion 28 below the flange, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4;. The bottom of the slot 26 is provided with teeth 29, as indicated in Fig. 5, and these teeth are arranged so as to form a somewhat cam surface about the end of member 25 in recess 24. This gives a construction in which the member 25 may be placed in its dotted line position in Fig. 5 and then driven into its position shown in full lines, and the teeth 29 will gradually get tighter as member 25 moves to its full line The width of CTI position. This effectively locks the device onto the rail and the teeth insure that the device cannot slip along on the rail.

I claim 1. In combination, a railway rail; a tie under said rail; a resilient member having one end engaging one edge of the rail and pression in the resilient plate.

3. In combination, a railway tie; a rail disposed on said tie; a curved spring plate having a hook at one end engaging an edge of the rail with a portion of the plate disposed under the rail and against the tie; and a member having a. depression in one edge'resting against an adjacent portion of the rail and another portion engaging a re cess in the-plate.

4. In combination, a railway tie; a rail disposed on said tie; a curved resilient plate having a hook at one end engaging an edge of the rail with a portion of the plate disposed under the rail and against the tie; a member having a depressionin one edge resting against an adjacent. portion of the rail andanother portion engaging a recess in the plate; and teeth at the bottom of said depression engaging the rail- 5; In combination, a railway tie; a rail disposedon said tie: a curved spring plate having one end engaging an edge of the rail, its central portion engaging the tie and its other end" spaced from the rail with a de pression in said end which is spaced from the rail; and a wedge member having a por- I tion engaging said depression and a )ortion locked tightly against an edge of tie rail, the resiliency of said plate holding said wedge member tightly against the rail.

6. In combination, a tie; a rail disposed on the tie; a resilient plate disposed under the rail with its end portions in substantially the same plane and its central portion disposed in a curve engaging said tie; a hook at one end of the plate engaging a flange of the rail; and a wedge member en gaging the other end of said plate and an adjacent flange of the rail at one side of the tie.

7. In combination, a railway tie; a rail disposed on the tie; a resilient plate under the rail with its end portions disposed in a plane spaced from the tie and its central portion curved and engaging the tie; a hook atone end of the plate engaging a flange of the rail and a hook at the other end of the plate spaced from the rail with an inclined surface thereon; and a wedge member adapted to slide over said inclined surface into the space between the last-mentioned hook and an adjacent flange of the rail to lock the plate on the rail and against the tie.

8. In combination, a railway tie; a rail on said tie; a spring plate having one end en gaging a flange of the rail, an intermediate portion engaging the tie and its other end portion extending away from the tie, there being a recess in the last-mentioned end oi. the plate; and a locking men'iber having a slot in one end engaging a flange of the rail and its other end engagingthe recess in said spring plate.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on this 3d day of April, A. D. 1922.

ALPHONSO T. PALMER. 

